A/N: My first Naruto Fic . …this starts off as a search mission, it'll get on with the real plot soon! be nice please!!

Summary: After Sasuke has created his group Hebi, he's certain that Itachi's death is near. His plans, however, are ruined when someone comes on behalf of Naruto...but Naruto has no idea who this guy is...he's never seen, or heard of him...Then Sasuke is brought back to Konoha...and all hell breaks loose.

Intruders

The moon was full, giving courage to the young cub as he dodged the trees leaves and branches. His tongue lolling out and staring straight ahead, repeating his masters orders over and over again in his mind. The scent he was given was still strong and hard to forget. Spicy and sweet, all at the same time. Mmm, sort of like cinnamon. Hoo-hoo-hoo….cinnamon waffles. Oh yes, with a dash of vanilla, can't ever forget the vanilla. Ahh, and a nice cool glass of orange juice to quench the thirst, along with bacon and eggs. Yum, buttered toast, no, even better. Biscuits!

"Kyouko! Pay attention!" shouted a strict and authorative voice.

Kyouko turned around and gave a mischievous grin to Hitonomi as he decided to show off by narrowly missing a low branch with an impressive jump and twist, landing on his paws on another branch. Hitonomi simply rolled her eyes and went ahead, her blonde fur ruffling in the wind. "Hey!" shouted Kyouko, slightly disappointed that Hitonomi didn't even bother to appraise him.

The tan cub followed the blonde one into the night. "We're on a mission Kyouko, there's no time to be playing around! Do you really want to disappoint our master? I mean come on! This mission is our very first, and your mother specifically stated-!" "Hai, hai. This is an extremely important mission. Tch, if it's so important, why didn't she tell us anything else about the guy we're supposed to be looking for?"

Hitonomi skidded to a halt and glared malevolently at her teammate. "Look, the entire wolf clan is indebted to our master. We do whatever is asked, no matter what. No question about it; even if we were ordered to kill, we would do it, and the reason would be?" she growled dangerously. Kyouko backed up a step at the elder wolf, answering with a gulp, "Our master saved us from extinction and bet their life on us to win."

"Right, now get on with it!" snapped Hitonomi, nipping the cub on his flank. With a yelp, Kyouko began his leap amongst the trees again. "But it wasn't even our master that gave us the direct orders! Mama just relayed them to us." He whined. Hitonomi shook her head in wonder. "For being a kid of Mistress Gintsuki, he sure is a pain in the ass." She muttered as she bounded off after him. She sweat dropped as she remembered his mother. 'Then again, it shouldn't surprise me…' Images of a strong, large, and silvery female wolf passed before her eyes. The regal look in her eye, the authority in her voice.

The immaturity when it came for serious business.

Hitonomi nodded absentmindedly. Yup, they were definitely related. She sighed in disappointment. She gave a skyward glance and shook her head. 'It was a shame you had to die before the birth of your first son, Urufu. However, you did die nobly. Deftly protecting your clan against those horrid men in black.' Even after they had gouged his right eye, rendering him slightly powerless, especially since his right side was his strongest side. Urufu wouldn't let anyone step in to help him. He would not allow any member of his clan to get hurt as long as he was alive. Even alive Urufu swore that when he died he would protect his family as well.

He still does, just like he promised. He brought their current master towards them. It was the best choice he could have ever made as their leader. This choice was never once questioned. Reason?

Trust.

Simple, right? No.

This was their first and only master that they would ever have.

Hitonomi vowed that she would never forget that day. The day her life, and those of the Muteki wolf clan changed forever.

Had Urufu not approved their current master, Hitonomi was positive that Kyouko wouldn't even be here today. But they were saved, and this sacred clan was eternally indebted to their master. Gintsuki made it crystal clear that from that moment on, the Muteki wolf clan would serve no other person except for their master. No one else mattered to them but their savior, and that was final. Besides, Gintsuki was by her mates' side when he uttered his final words.

There was a spine-tingling screech that shattered Hitonomi's train of thought. Not stopping, Hitonomi glanced up ahead and saw a large shadow flash by the full moon. 'He found him.' She thought, her eyes narrowing as she remembered the plan. She gave a sharp bark and Kyouko stopped, three trees ahead of her. "What now?!" he growled, getting annoyed by his mentor. "Suterusu. He found the location of the objective." She stated. Kyouko's eyes widened a bit.

He certainly didn't expect the mission to go by this fast…or to have to be forced to be ready so soon . "Kyouko waited as Hitonomi seemed to be listening carefully. She gave a sharp sniff and bounded off to the left. "It's East. Exactly half a mile from here." She yelled over her shoulder. Kyouko nodded and began to follow. This time, he was serious, despite the pit of cold fear in his stomach.

"Right, we find the guy, memorize the location and its defenses, and then report back to our master. This mission is a piece of cake." Said Kyouko, catching up with Hitonomi. "Heh, you forget one last thing." Panted the blonde mentor. Kyouko gave Hitonomi a sidelong glance. "And what is that, to be exact?" "Specifically, and in our master's exact words, under no circumstances are we to get caught. Nor must we leave a trail." She answered furtively. "Um, isn't that a bit obvious?" stuttered the cub as he narrowly missed a hidden branch. "Actually, that's the challenging bit." Hitonomi gave a sharp turn and sniffed one more time to make sure she was going the right way. Then it clicked to her how stupid the question was that she just answered. "Don't you know whom it is we're up against?" she asked curiously.

Kyouko gave a grunt as his reply. "Not really."

The two wolves dodged a few more branches and leapt to neighboring ones in turn. They each wore a bandana around their necks, bearing the symbol of their master: a black gothic cross with a snake wrapped around it. Occasionally crisscrossing each other and having to stop to make sure they didn't collide one another. It wasn't until there was another loud shriek that pierced the night that Hitonomi told the cub the name of their opponent and enemy.

"Our target is the traitor…" she ducked underneath a branch and stood still, her crystal blue eyes glinting in the light of the moon. She made sure that Kyouko was close behind her and well hidden; they had arrived at their destination.

Kyouko waited patiently for Hitonomi to reply. He took in a couple of breaths to ease his panting. His ears perked up when Hitonomi let out a wry chuckle, her muzzle pulled back in a mixture of a snarl and satisfied grin. Her pointed canines glinted in the moonlight making Kyouko envy his mentor. Her ears laid back and she hunched over, giving her eyes an impressive glow against the moonlight.

The young cub followed her example, realizing that the mission had begun. He made sure that the shroud of leaves they were in was still completely covering him. He didn't want to mess up on his first mission. Again Hitonomi let out a chuckle, this time sending tremors of fear through the cub as he noticed the menace in the sound. Her reply came in a low growl.

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"You are weak."

That cold and cruel voice…it emanated throughout his entire body as he stared into the faces of the dead. His stomach lurched at the strong metallic smell of the blood forcing its way through his nose.

Yet, there he stood. Hands clutching at his stomach, kneeling on the ground, eyes frozen in their petrified state. His body paralyzed with fear except for the constant shudder, associated with the coolness of the voice. He could do nothing…he was hopeless…just like he said he was. He couldn't breath, he couldn't think…all he could feel was the cold, hard stare of the man, no, the traitor, standing before him.

That is, until he saw that one thing that truly shattered his soul that night. The one thing that actually ever truly mattered to him. Yes, he loved his family. Yes, he was furious of the fact that they were murdered. And yes, he felt deep sadness that they were gone. But he had hoped that maybe, just maybe, this one thing was able to get through. That this one person was able to get through this genocide unscathed.

No.

Impossible.

As with all of the others, they had fallen.

They had fallen, and it was one hard landing…A strangled sobbed escaped from the clenched throat of the young Uchiha. "E-even…Y-you killed-?" Sasuke visibly quaked with fear when he heard Itachi's blunt reply. "Of course.""Why?!" screamed the 7-year-old boy. Hot tears streamed down his face as his eyes drank in the frozen expression of fear, that blank, lifeless look in the obsidian eyes. He was on all fours now, hair falling like a funeral curtain over his face. He couldn't wrench his gaze from that blank stare. He felt something electrify him as he kept staring straight into the eyes. "How could you kill-!" Sasuke stopped short as his elder brother's knee made contact with his abdomen.

The young boy didn't even make a sound when he landed flat on his back, his vision blurring along the edges as his lungs complained about the sudden loss of air. The stars twinkled piteously at him as the tears continued to fall freely from his wide eyes. Itachi's voice was now a deadly whisper. "You two were very close. Almost as if you were two of one whole. Killing your other half was just an experiment."

There was a rush of air and Sasuke gasped as he realized too late that his elder brother was now right behind him.

"It seems like my thesis was proven correct." Sasuke grimaced in pain as Itachi grabbed him by the nape of his neck and pulled him up at eye level. This time, however, he was careful not to stare Itachi straight in the eye. Experiencing the Mangekyou once was enough. "Hate me, little brother. Hate me for what I did to the family. Despise me for the loss of your childhood. Loath me for the cause of death of your life's only desire." Whispered the murderer. "You this anger and hatred to your content. May it be your life's new strength and weakness. Use it to train day and night." Sasuke let out another sob and Itachi continued. "When you have grown stronger, come find me. Find me, and avenge the death of your heart." Itachi paused to let the power of his words sink into the ears of his child brother.

"Kill me."

"UGH!"

Sweat gleamed off the soft and milky brow of Uchiha Sasuke, giving him a sickly appearance as he gasped for breath. He raised a shaky hand to his eyes and rested his head against it, welcoming the cool breeze of the open window next to his bed. Once his breathing returned to normal, he slowly swung his legs over the side of his bed and carefully got up.

Feeling uncomfortable with the sensation of his shirt sticking to his back with sweat, Sasuke gladly peeled it off. The wind gently caressed his naked torso as he stretched his stiff body. His muscles rippled with each movement, and he let out a sigh as he mentally berated himself.

This was the third time this goddamned week. The same stupid memory that had been converted into a dream had been haunting him frequently ever since he had had his first encounter with Naruto after two years. Sasuke sighed again, this time with an inaudible word. He stared out of his window towards the silvery orb of the full moon. He refused to let the death of his clan be the fuel for his anger this late into the night. Especially that one death…the one that had truly changed him for what he was now.

As a reprieve, Sasuke turned around and walked over towards his desk.

On the desk was a single parchment with nothing but two black swirls on each end of it. He placed his palms face down upon them and used some of his charka to activate the hidden jutsu. A small poof, and now on the parchment to add to the swirls was a small leather-bound book. Sasuke hastily snatched the book and headed over to his bed with it.

He opened it to where he had left his pen, and using the writing utensil, began what he desperately wanted to start.This was no journal. Nor was it what those foolish girls called a diary. No, this was something much more. This book was Sasuke's memory.

Literally.

The pen that he was writing with gave off a small yellow glow as it scribbled away in the book. The pen didn't use ink, only his chakra. At first glance it seemed like a metal rod with a pointed tip. Using his charka, Sasuke extracted his memory with it and put it into words inside of the small book. Every time he did so caused him to lose the memory he was writing about, never to return into his mind again until he was ready for it to be put back in place.

He wanted to forget.

Not understanding why he waited until now to do it, Sasuke wrote feverishly in precise detail the dream he just had. The effects took in immediately. Jabbing the book with the pen, Sasuke blinked a few times and stared blankly at the pain. He cocked his head to the side and wondered how the hell it came to his hand.

'Ah.' he thought as he saw the book, as if realizing for the first time what he just did. "I did it again." he muttered under his breath. Before he got a good look at what he had written, Sasuke slammed the book shut. If he read the memory right after he had written it down...well, the consequences weren't too clear. Kabuto created this special jutsu, and Sasuke was the first to try it out.

Sighing, Sasuke gave the book a light squeeze and it disappeared in a small puff.

"Ugh." He was exhausted. All day he had trained with Suigetsu, helping him get used to the weight of his new weapon. And Karin was no better. Alone she was just as bad as all of the girls back in Konoha.

Sasuke's mind literally went completely blank when the image of what he had left behind suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Konohagakure village. His home. His village. And what was worst...his family.

"Keh." he grunted as he fell back to lie down on his back. Good. If he had stayed any longer, they would have all held him back. He never would have gotten this far if it weren't for his decision of siding with Orochimaru for that temporary amount of time. Besides, he got rid of the damn megalomaniac. And now he was strong. Stronger than he was ever before. Now he was positive he'll be able to kill him.

Sasuke stared at the moon. Somewhere far away, a wolf let out a low, soothing howl. 'That moon.' he let out a loud sigh. Down the hallway, Suigetsu let out a loud snore. Next door, Karin mumbled something that sounded oddly like his name. Ignoring these strange distractions, Sasuke kept his mind lingering on the moon.

It was on a night, very similar to this that he had his best memory. The corners of his mouth began to twitch as he replayed the memory in his mind.

"Come on, you gotta come see this!" came a mischievous whisper. "Huh? But, father- it's almost my curfew." replied Sasuke. "Aww, don't be such a killjoy. Besides, I doubt Otou-sama will mind if you're a few hou...minutes late." There came a sly wink; the six-year-old boy turned his head away to hide his blush. "Especially if you're with me!" And before Sasuke could object, he was being pulled down the road of his clan's village.

"You were at school, and Onii-chan was on another mission, so I went exploring. When I found it, I just knew it was the perfect spot to claim. I know, I know. We had agreed to find our Secret Spot together, but you're always at school! Don't get me wrong, I'm proud that you're determined to be a Hidden Leaf Shinobi. But, it does get awfully lonely when everyone's gone..." was the explanation. Sasuke, who had had his mouth open, shut it as he let her explanation sink in.

He was lead past the river and into the bordering forest. "Actually, what I was going to say was that you're lucky you didn't get caught. You know my father's rule about you going around by yourself without an escort." There was an abrupt halt and Sasuke ran right into the still form, knocking both of them down. Sasuke's eyes went wide at the close contact.

Speedily getting off of the body, Sasuke made sure that his friend wasn't hurt before he was given a cold glare. "Humph, you and everyone else...come on, it's no fun when you have someone following you all the time!" wailed his friend. Sasuke eyed his companion with one of knowing; his arms crossed and his legs in Indian-style giving him a somewhat more impressive look. The reaction was a blush, accompanied by a grunt and an averted gaze. "I don't do it all the time."

Sasuke laughed, showing off his pearly whites. In turn, he was given a look of such seriousness, he felt a bit awkward..."Y'know, the only reason why I do follow you around is because...well..." Sasuke watched a small hand rise and scratch the back of a head in a nervous manner. He noticed the beaded sweat around the almond shaped black eyes. "You really are serious, aren't you?" he asked. "W-well, yeah...you are my only friend Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke felt like the wind was knocked out of him. "Wh-what?" There was a blush, but the young child kept on. "Like you said, I'm not supposed to go anywhere without an escort. Well, do you see anyone that has enough free time to escort me anywhere?" "Um...no, but still-." "Forget it. We're here anyway."

He neither realized his surroundings, or thought twice to look at where he was at for being so concerned with his best friend. But now that they had pointed it out, Sasuke's jaw dropped in awe. It was a wooded clearing with nothing but a small lake. A waterfall supplied the lake with all ok it's water, the full moon giving it an ethereal glow. "Woah."

There was a somber sigh. "Yeah." Sasuke turned around to find his friend staring at him with some kind of intensity, it made him glad that it was nighttime. The next question was so sudden and random, Sasuke's eye twitched slightly for having being forced to think so quickly.

"Promise me that no matter what, you will never choose the wrong path to obtain anything. Swear that you will never betray me, your friends, or your family. Swear that if you do, you face the consequences on pain of torturous death."

Sasuke stared at his companion, their waist length raven hair glowing under the moonlight, the creamy skin shining with natural smoothness. "Why do you ask me this?" A bright smile was the only answer he received. Slowly, the young Uchiha nodded his oath.

"Yeah. Yes, I promise."

"Good. In that case, this will make it official."

Sasuke didn't see it coming. He was only seven! But being naive made it all worthwhile.

His friend stood up and faster than he would have thought possible for her, she bent down and gave him his first kiss...

"Hope you remembered the way home." she said, smiling at the blush that glowed on Sasuke's white face. And without a backwards glance, she ran through the forest, leaving behind a small echo of her angelic giggle.

Sasuke just stared straight ahead at the reflection of the moon on the lake. His fingers twitched before they rose up to touch the place where it still tingled with the feel of her lips...at seven he had the blessing to experience his first kiss...and with his first crush.

"Hai, I promise...Yumiko-chan."

A week later she was amongst the unfortunate that died at the hands of Itachi Uchiha. She was the reason…the only reason. Otherwise, he never would have done so at all. She was why he had done all of these things.

Yumiko.

Had she not died…he wouldn't have been the leader of Hebi.

"Who the hell are you?"

Sasuke was broken out of his reverie when he heard the familiar obnoxious shout of Suigetsu.

There was an incoherent mumble, followed by a loud crashing noise. "Hey! What the hell do you think you're do-?" another loud crash, this time shutting up Karin. Sasuke slowly sat up, his eyes narrowing in confusion.

Nobody knew the location of Orochimaru's very first hideout.

'Damn, this is going to be troublesome. I was just about to get to sleep, too.' He thought, waiting, patient as a feline for his mouse to come and play.

His Sharingan was at the ready, his chakra already pulsing to the core of his Curse Seal. And yet, he was still caught completely off guard.

Sasuke tensed up when he felt the cold puff of breath on his back. Looking from the side of his eye, he barely caught a glimpse at the silvery canines of a silver she-wolf. 'What a nuisance.'

"You dare move an inch, and I swear that your throat will be hanging by nothing but a fragment of what was once left of your skin." She snarled.

Now that was surprising. So this was a summoned wolf. He wondered how many more there were surrounding the headquarters.

"Plenty enough to keep you somewhat satisfied." Sasuke stared blankly at the new opponent. Where there was once an oaken door now stood a young male. His amber eyes glared malevolently at him, his arms crossed and his body leaning against the frame.

Sasuke surveyed him with the utmost interest.

The boy had a slim frame, but his arms told Sasuke that he was anything but frail. The biceps were bulging through the black material, his entire body being covered in it. He wore a suit, similar to what, as Sasuke could remember it, Kakashi wore. But in place of the Hidden Leaf insignia on the vest, was a symbol of a gothic cross with a snake wrapped around it. The boy even went so far as to hide his face behind a mask, leaving only his eyes visible. But even his eyes were somewhat hidden behind a shaggy mane of brown bangs, the rest of his wild hair being held down by a bandana. Sasuke noticed that he wore no headband. Perhaps a fellow rogue ninja?

"You know, you're rather disturbing my sleep." Sasuke said calmly, looking for any signs of attack from the boy with his Sharingan. "Your point?" came the muffled reply. The voice was naturally husky, still coming out of it's younger years.

Sasuke gave the boy a cold glare. "I don't like being deprived of what I want."

The boy shrugged. "And I don't like half naked, cocky, obnoxious, traitorous, arrogant men. But the world's full of 'em." There was a moment of silence in which both men observed one another. Then, the intruder broke the silence.

"Gintsuki, it's time."

"Hai!"

And before Sasuke could react, his window crumbled behind him, the boy raised a glowing hand, and with the collected chakra, threw it at Sasuke so that he was blown backwards. However, Sasuke's reflexes were sharp, and right as he was thrown back, he activated his curse seal. Immediately his transformation began. From the roots of his black hair came the noticeable change of white. His nails elongated to sharp point. His back began to ripple with the push of his wings.

He doubled over in pain.

"Guh!!" Sasuke clutched at his stomach with both hands. It felt as if he were about to burst into flames with the strong burning sensation taking place. He looked up to find himself surrounded by a clan of wolves. Straight ahead of him, he saw the form of his new opponent, his right hand raised in a hand seal.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Don't you think I would have done research on my enemy? Oh, dear, Uchiha. I prefer we play fair. You see, I'm in the mood for some Taijutsu at the moment." He taunted. He stood completely still, his poise straight and somewhat regal.

There were some yelps from the wolves that sounded oddly like laughter.

"Aww, come on! Start beating him senseless already!! His hair is starting to remind me of roasted duck…" said a tan cub. The boy laughed at the remark, adding more fuel to Sasuke's fire. "Hnh, I'm glad you reported to me immediately Kyouko. I never would have thought that tonight would have been the perfect night to begin my plan."

"Alright. But first, I need to explain to Uchiha what I have done. You see, traitor, I've blocked your entire circulation of chakra. Quite frankly, you're stuck the way you are now unless I release my hold on you." There was a mischievous glint in the boy's eye. "And to tell you the truth, I won't release it at all." There were more yelps of laughter from the wolves, the loudest one coming from the cub. It seemed he quite looked up to the bastard.

"I thought you liked to play fair?" gasped Sasuke. What was with the pain? He's never experienced anything like it!

The boy nodded. "Oh I do. But with fair fighters."

"Ackh!" gasped Sasuke. "And you, my dear Uchiha…" Sasuke breathed deeply with the pain of the asshole's knee in his back. "Are no fair fighter with that Sharingan and Curse Seal on you."

"Hey, boss! The two dweebs you knocked out are wakin' up. And it looks like they've got a friend." Barked a black and brown spotted wolf. "Thank you, Okashii." Sighed the boy. He pulled Sasuke's head back by the hair, causing him to wince in the sharp pain. "So, the rumors are true. You also broke Juugo out of Orochiamru's hellhole. Hnh. Good. My clan needs a good workout." He turned to the silver she-wolf. "Gintsuki!"

"Yes, master?"

There was a dry chuckle from the boy. "It's feeding time." And with that, the wolves yipped with glee and ran full force into the ruined headquarters.

"Now, it's just you and- what the?" Sasuke pulled out a kunai and stabbed the boy's leg with it. The boy blinked and stared at Sasuke with disgust.

With a poof, the Shadow clone was gone, along with the chakra bind the bastard had with it.

Sasuke gasped for breath and tried to make the pain go away. He knew his momentary freedom wouldn't last for long. There were at least two more shadow clones that he was able to detect.

"Nice try." Said a menacing whisper. And Sasuke's first challenging battle ensued.

"You are such a dumbass, Naruto!"

"Ahahaha! Come on Sakura-chan! You gotta admit, they've gotta learn it from someone!" laughed the village idiot. "Oof!" he grunted, as Sakura's fist made contact with his stomach.

Shikamaru shook his head in disappointment. "You'll never learn, will you?" he drawled.

The vein throbbing on Sakura's forehead gave her an even fiercer image. "How dare you teach those Genin boy's how to transform into naked women!!! You're supposed to be their role model! Jeez! You always go around talking about how big and bad you are, but then you turn around and-just grow up!" she screamed.

Ino twitched at her best friend's fury. At times she could go a bit too far with things. Sai simply stood to the side and watched his "friends" bicker. "How strange. In all of the books I've read, it says nothing about fighting with one another to stay friends." He said. Chouji, munching on a bag of chips as usual, turned around and said through a mouthful of crumbs, "You really gotta stop reading those books about friendship. Having friends is a natural thing, you don't learn how to get or be one." Sai nodded gratefully. "Thank you for your advice."

Chouji shrugged and turned to Shikamaru. Everyone was ignoring the fight now and immersed in their own conversation. It wasn't until Sakura's frantic yelling paused for a breather did anybody realize that there was a sudden commotion in the village.

"Hey, what's going on?" asked Ino. Shikamaru shrugged and sunk his hands deep into his pockets. "Don't know, don't care." Ino punched his shoulder lightly and walked down the alley. She looked around the corner and waved everyone over. "Come on! Come look at this, it's crazy!" she cried. Chouji bounded over towards her immediately while Sai and Shikamaru took their sweet time walking towards her. Sakura dusted her hands off and let go of Naruto's shirt to follow her friends.

"H-hey! Wait for me, guys!" cried Naruto as he got up. When he reached his friends, his mouth dropped in wonder.

"Why the heck is everyone gathered up like this?" he blurted. Sakura shrugged her shoulders as an answer from everybody. Ino was just about to ask a passing villager when there came an exhausted shout from behind them.

"Huh? Iruka-sensai!" cried Naruto. Iruka skidded to a halt in front of them. He doubled over to catch his breath. "You…huff…..three." he wheezed, pointing at Naruto, Sakura, and Sai. "Hokage….huff huff…wants you….main gate…huff…now!"

The team didn't need to be told twice. They bounded off without a glance behind. Their friends crowded around Iruka to make sure he was fine.

"You have no pass! You can not come through!" shouted the guard. "But I must come in! It's of the utmost importance." Replied a hunched figure. "Ma'am. I'm telling you, he won't leave. At first he only requested to come in. We denied him entrance when he didn't have a validated pass. Now he's just making a nuisance of himself.." Tsunade nodded in agreement…

She would have let the guards do their business with the intruder earlier, but the blood on the guy didn't seem too promising. And besides, for some reason, he kept requesting an audience with the most unlikely person imaginable.

"We're here Tsundade-sama. What's wrong? Why's everyone crowding around this gate?" asked Naruto.

Tsunade simply pointed a manicured finger at the guy below the gate. "You know hum?" she asked simply. Naruto peered over the edge, only to find a strange white and red lump looking right at him. "No!" he shouted. "Hnh." Chuckled Tsunade. "Well, he seems to want to see you pretty badly." She stated matter-of-factly.

Sai and Sakura stared at Naruto curiously, who in turn gave Tsunade a blank look. "Me? Why me?" he asked. Tsunade shrugged. "Who knows? But we've got five Anbu Black-cops ready to take action. Your choice kid. You want to see this guy, or do we take action?" she asked.

Again the blonde peered over the edge to try and get a better look at the guy claiming to want an audience with him. "Let him in. I can handle it." He answered slowly. "Besides, I want to know who the hell he his and how the heck he knows me." Tsunade nodded in approval. Raising an arm, she gave the command. "Let him through; you heard the kid, he's taking it on from here.."

"You guys stay up here. I wanna do this alone." Said Naruto as Sai and Sakura prepared to go with him. "Alright, just be careful." Replied Sakura. Naruto inwardly snorted.

To think that just a few minutes ago she was trying to strangle him.

Jumping down from the gate to the doors, Naruto waited until they were fully opened. Some more Shinobi had come to try and make the crowd back up and give Naruto some space with the stranger.

When the doors were fully opened, Naruto stepped out towards the hunched and bloodied figure. Before he was on the other side, the guy crumpled down and fell with a hard thump. Curiosity getting the best of him, the 15-year-old ran the rest of the way only to skid to halt, his legs paralyzed with disbelief. His eyes not believing what he was seeing.

A brown haired amber-eyed boy gasped in exhaustion and pain, his right hand clutching tightly that of a very limp Sasuke. "Uzumaki-kun. I…I bring you…" too exhausted to even continue, the boy's eyes rolled to the back of his head and he slumped over the unconscious form of his captive.

A/N: Hope you liked! R&R and the next chapter will come out soon!